ALL-COUNTY BADMINTON

TAM NGUYEN

Boys’ Singles

Garden Grove, Jr.

Led Garden Grove to the Division I section finals, where he won both of his matches in singles. He rallied to defeat section individual finalist Xiao Hong, 7-15, 15-7, 15-10.

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CYNTHIA TRAN

Girls’ Singles

Garden Grove, Jr.

Tran finished with a 58-2 record and her only losses were to Alhambra’s Stella Ng. Tran helped the Argonauts reach the Southern Section Division I finals.

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VICKI TOUTZ

Coach of the Year

Garden Grove

Toutz, who played badminton professionally and coached U.S. national teams, is retiring after 31 years. She led the Argonauts (18-1) to their sixth section final.

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PHUONG VO (Sr.), HUY LE (Sr.)

Boys’ Doubles

Ocean View

Advanced to the Southern Section individual finals before losing to the top-seeded team of Binh Tran and Nelson Chu from Alhambra Keppel.

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TINA LAM (Sr.), ROSIE PHAM (Jr.)

Girls’ Doubles

Garden Grove

Went 50-4 and did not lose a match in the section team playoffs. Their only losses were in tournament play and in the second round of the section individual finals.

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TAM NGUYEN (Jr.), ROSIE PHAM (Sr.)

Mixed Doubles

Garden Grove

Finished with a 31-6 record, which included a victory over Alhambra Keppel’s Binh Tran and Sarah Chung, 18-15, 15-13, in the section Division I team finals.

THE SECOND TEAM

Boys’ singles

Peter Lee

Magnoli

Sr.

Won both his matches at state senior all-star championships.

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Boys’ doubles

Kiet Lam

Loara

Jr.

Mike Chov

Loara

Jr.

Advanced to section individual quarterfinals.

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Girls’ singles

Danijela Mijacevic

Ocean View

Jr.

Advanced to section individual semifinals.

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Girls’ doubles

Jennifer Cabuhat

Magnolia

So.

Ing Phansanvath

Magnolia

Sr.

Advanced to section individual quarterfinals.

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Mixed doubles

Danijela Mijacevic

Ocean View

Jr.

Phuong Vo

Ocean View

Sr.

Advanced to section individual semifinals.